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A gun kept in the home for self-defense is 6 times MORE LIKELY to be used to kill a relative or a friend than it is to be used against a burglar or unlawful intruder. Over 100 CHILDREN ages 1-19 die annually from accidental misuse of firearms.[1.7 million children live in homes with loaded and unlocked guns]

The shooting in Sandy Hook/Newtown is not the first time our children have been targets. Children have also been shot in movie theaters, in their homes, and trick-or-treating:

In 2010, firearms manufacturers and dealers reported over 25,000 guns as lost or stolen, up 30% from the previous year.

SOURCES1. Drinan, Robert F. “The Good Outweighs the Evil.” The Gun Control Debate ed. Lee Nesbit, 1990. Cited in Spitzer, Robert J. The Politics of Gun Control, 1995. Study is based on FBI statistics.2. Centers for Disease Control; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.3. Spitzer, Robert J. The Politics of Gun Control, 1995.4. Slate Magazine. “Sandy Hook: A chart of all 137 fatal school shootings since 1980.” 2012.5. The New York Times. “Major Fatal Campus Shootings” (2007) and related articles.6. Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime7. Christian Science Monitor. “A look at America’s gun industry.” 2013.8. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information, 2012.